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They Don’t Call Him Trombone Shorty For Nothing 

The NOLA icon, with Tank & The Bangas opening, brought joy all night long

11:28 AM CDT on March 28, 2025

Trombone Shorty

|photo by Greg Bollinger, Press Pause Films

Trombone Shorty + Tank & The Bangas
Cain’s Ballroom
March 18, 2025

If not quite a sister city to New Orleans, Tulsa certainly shares a kinship with it.

Our famous “Tulsa Sound” saw artists walking a tightrope between New Orleans blues and swamp pop. Today, King Cabbage Brass Band’s NOLA marching jazz regularly packs local venues and blesses Zach Bryan’s touring shows. Poppa Foster and his crew perform consistent Allen Toussaint tributes across town. The Crescent City’s culinary gifts have swum up river to us with NOLA’s Creole and Cocktails, Lassalle’s French Market and Farm, and T-Johnny’s Seafood and Cajun Market, a 30 minute trip southeast in Coweta. Even our sacred town holiday, Cry Baby Hill, mirrors the braless lawlessness of Mardi Gras.